Angel
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| 1 |
Inferior
deities or demigods in polytheistic religion. |
| 2 |
The
philosophical consideration of pure intelligences, spiritual
substances, suprahuman persons. |
| 3 |
The
celestial motors or secondary prime movers, the intelligences attached
to the celestial bodies. |
| 4 |
Our
knowledge of immaterial beings. |
| 5 |
The
conception of angels in Judeo-Christian doctrine. |
| 6 |
The first
creatures of God, their place in the order of creation. |
| 7 |
The angelic
nature. |
| 8 |
The
aeviternity and incorruptibility of angels. |
| 9 |
The angelic
intellect and angelic knowledge. |
| 10 |
The angelic
will and angelic love. |
| 11 |
Angelic
action, its characteristics in general. |
| 12 |
The angelic
hierarchy, the inequality, order, and number of the angels and their
relation to one another. |
| 13 |
Comparison
of angels with men and with disembodied souls, their relation to the
blessed in the heavenly choir. |
| 14 |
The
distinction and comparison of the good and the bad angels. |
| 15 |
The origin
of the division between angels and demons, the sin of Lucifer or Satan. |
| 16 |
The society
of the demons, the rule of Satan over the powers of darkness. |
| 17 |
The role of
the angels in the government of the universe. |
| 18 |
The ministry
of the good angels in the affairs of men, guardianship. |
| 19 |
The
intervention of the demons in the affairs of men, temptation,
possession. |
| 20 |
God and
Satan. |
| 21 |
Warfare
between the powers of light and darkness, their struggle for dominion
over man. |
| 22 |
Lucifer in
the service of God. |
| 23 |
Criticism
and satire with respect to the belief in angels and demons. |
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